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Iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank

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Re: Iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank

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Post by TomK32 »

joelkesler wrote: post #4

There is a short documentary available on Amazon Prime Video (US) called “Welcome to the Last Bookstore” of you want to learn a bit more about this gem: https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Last-Bookstore-Josh-Spencer/d...

Is it the same as on Vimeo? https://vimeo.com/139828664

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Post by willxinc »

TomK32 wrote: post #5
joelkesler wrote: post #4

There is a short documentary available on Amazon Prime Video (US) called “Welcome to the Last Bookstore” of you want to learn a bit more about this gem: https://www.amazon.com/Welcome-Last-Bookstore-Josh-Spencer/d...

Is it the same as on Vimeo? https://vimeo.com/139828664

Checking the uploader, it seems to be the same.

Re: Iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank

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Post by somesortofsystm »

I lived in LA for a few decades, and one of the few things that kept me sane as a software engineer living in a land of space cadets and celebrity worshiping airheads was the grand plethora of technical bookshops and electronics supply stores that were, once, liberally littered across the landscape from Burbank to Culver City to East LA.

I haven't been back to LA in decades, but I sure hope that OpAmp Bookstore is still alive and kicking, and has had its share of bookshop cats since I last scratched that scruffy itch. LA has so many wonderful secret locations hidden in obscure streets, behind strange storefronts .. it was one of those cities where the old maxim "don't judge the food by the entrance" was also true of bookshops ...

Re: Iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank

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Post by somesortofsystm »

CalChris wrote: post #3

The LA bookstore I remember most was Opamp Technical Books on Sycamore in Hollywood. But they're gone now.

Oh, so sad to hear that its no longer there .. it was a staple in my young engineer life, so many decades ago now, and was definitely a rare gem in the area. I remember one Saturday morning, the herculean effort it took to get past the junkies and into OpAmp for a supply of fresh techdat. Sheesh, so sad to hear its gone.

Re: Iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank

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Post by fooblat »

CalChris wrote: post #3

The LA bookstore I remember most was Opamp Technical Books on Sycamore in Hollywood. But they're gone now.

So many happy memories of that place!

Like the time I went there in the early 90s as a teenager to get a book about this new html thing. It was so new they had just one book on the subject!

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